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All set: General Elections Commission (KPU) chairman Arief Budiman displays ballot boxes for the 2019 presidential and legislative elections at the commission's headquarters in Jakarta on Nov. 15. (JP/Wendra Ajistyatama)
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eneral Elections Commission (KPU) chairman Arief Budiman confirmed on Friday that Home Affairs Minister secretary-general Hadi Prabowo and Foreign Deputy Minister AM Fachir had given data on potential voters (DP4) that would participate in the 2019 presidential and legislative elections to the commission.
“The KPU received access to their citizen data servers yesterday. We now have a better citizen database inside and outside our country, preventing the potential of conflict from erupting,” Arief said as quoted by Antara.
Hadi said the 2019 general elections needed the DP4. “We have given the aggregate data of populations per district [DAK2] for legislative elections on Nov. 27,” he said.
Hadi further said the data would be forwarded to regencies and municipalities, and then to polling committees before the voters list was finalized.
Hadi said the Home Ministry recorded a total of 261 million individuals for the Indonesian population, 189 million of whom must register for e-ID cards.
He said retinal and fingerprint records in population data would reduce the potential of duplicate voters.
Meanwhile, Fachir said recorded data on Indonesian citizens abroad tended to grow in every general election. Indonesian citizens abroad are usually hampered by a lack of access to embassies or consulates to record their data.
“Data for Indonesian citizens abroad is important to make sure they can channel their aspirations in general elections. The ministry will invest in building a database of Indonesian citizens living abroad,” Fachir said. (ami/ebf)
